After much price checking and the type of driving I am going to do I bought new XZE H 12 R 22.5 Tires. The six of them installed, balanced, new stems oh and I had them grease the front end while the wheels were off cost $4492.00
Canadian. Dunlops were $ 3500.00 and the original price of the Michelins were $4800.00 but I offered The Tirecraft dealer in Nisku (Alberta) $4500.00. The old tires were cracking and basically worn out. The ride home on the highway was very good with the 100 psi in the tires. I know I paid for peace of mind so they should last a long time.
I have the same tires but 11R-24.5 H rated. I keep my bus in a garage. My tires are 8 years old and still no side wall checking. Now you should weigh your bus and you'll find out exactly the tire pressure you should be running. Good Luck, TomC
Thanks Tom, Just being on this great site I did learn to check the date of the tires, they were made in 2015 so they are new tires. The research I did on tires, most of it was here using the search button. There is a Co-op feed lot that has a weigh scale 50 kilometers away and one day I will get the bus weighed. Again it is a great site for information and that is why I posted the price of my tires so other members can use that information when they are price checking for tires.
Garry
When we weighted our old long gone Crown Supercoach, each axle end was weighted as well as each axle. The Bus Conversion to be was stripped of school bus seating and had a nearly full 100 gallon fuel tank. This gave us an accurate base line for future conversion plans which, alas, did not happen.